
Ten levels take Skip through the world of Bugdom, both inside and around a house. Since Pangea has taken the direct sales approach, it’s found it to be much more profitable than retail, according to Greenstone, who told MacCentral that since his game Cro-Mag Rally went shareware, they’ve made more money than they did when it was in retail distribution.Īlong with a new protagonist with new capabilities, Bugdom 2 sports entirely new level designs and new gameplay features. In fact, Pangea’s experience has been so negative that Greenstone sees a lot more sense in avoiding the retail racket all together. While it’s worked out okay for major publishers who can spread their bets with a variety of titles like MacPlay, Aspyr Media and MacSoft, Pangea - which produces about one game a year - doesn’t have that luxury. This puts Mac game publishers at a huge disadvantage, as they’re trying to attract a smaller audience and generally aren’t as well heeled as their PC counterparts to begin with. The distribution companies responsible for getting those products onto store shelves will drop publishers quickly unless they’re capable of maintaining a steady stream of revenue.

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It costs a lot of money for software publishers to get their products in wide distribution.

Retail distribution of game software in North America is a notoriously expensive endeavor that can be littered with financial and logistical pitfalls.
